I love to see the changes being made that are focused on the player experience.
This is a HUGE one. It addresses the very new player experience (which is important) and also stops a ton of the frustration many felt with the end of season resets.
Thank you guys for the changes and looking forward to what comes next now! :)
Agreed Dave, a safe learning space for new players is essential.
I'm a bit worried that 10 wins isn't enough for them to get hooked before going to bronze.
I'd love to see Novice league get more competitive and last a bit longer, maybe even a small leaderboard for some bragging rights. (As long as it's too small a prize for a bot farm to buy spellbooks at scale just to farm it.)
I would like for them to add a bot in practice mode as well . I think that would give new player a safe place to practice. and raise the bot difficulty with each league. I never managed to find a match in practice mode. some time I just want to do battles when my ECR is down or if am trying a new idea or testing some stuff. it will increase the number of people trying practice mode and will make it more likely to be matched with a real player there.
that's a good idea
Even bad bots, like the ones they're going to use for novice, is a good addition for that practice tool. Sometimes, you just need to check if your idea will work, regardless of the opponent.
Now that we have soul-bound reward cards, those might make good novice leader-board prizes that bots wouldn't want to farm, but would help new players build something they could later play with in bronze. That would extend the usefulness of novice as well.
That's a good suggestion and I'm sure the team would be open to that as well. I think the fact they made a change means they are focused on it. Now they will monitor it and take suggestions such as yours and consider them. Good ideas! :)